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RSS macs os xApple hands out refunds in OS X row
News Apple has reached a tentative settlement in a class-action lawsuit that alleged the company had failed to fully support Mac OS X on some G3-based Macs. In court documents filed on Tuesday, the Mac maker agreed to refund the $129 purchase price of... [15 Aug 2003]
Introducing Mac Linux
News Aiming to capitalise on growing support for Macs within the open-source community, a Mac dealer in the US has started selling Apple Computer systems loaded with both the Linux operating system and Mac OS X. [10 Sep 2002]
Apple makes OS X U-turn
News Apple has performed a U-turn on a plan that would have made Mac OS X the primary operating system on all new Macs starting in January. In September, Apple said all new Macs, as of January, would only boot up into Mac OS X. [16 Dec 2002]
Apple gives multi-Mac homes a boost
News Under the plan, which will coincide with next week's release of Mac OS X version 10.2 (also known as Jaguar), consumers can buy a $199 copy of the operating system and install it on up to five Macs in a single household. [16 Aug 2002]
Apple: Macs can now run XP
News Apple also said it had been developing Mac OS X with the intention that it would be able to run on Intel chips and PowerPC chips, which was previously the sole processor used in Macs. Apple has released a public beta version of Boot Camp, software... [05 Apr 2006]
Apple: 'Don't expect Mactels to run Vista'
News Mac fans have held out considerable hope that the next version of Windows would be easier to load on Macs than Windows XP, because like Mac OS X, Vista will use Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) to aid the boot process. [10 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07
Round-Up Complaints soon began to hit Apple's support web forums and phone lines as users reported that having installed the new OS their Macs subsequently hung on restart with a plain blue screen. Worse still, some Macs installed with Leopard now feature... [02 Nov 2007]
Firefox for Mactels due in March, says Mozilla
News While an unofficial version of the software is now available on Aas' personal website, until Mozilla approves it, the developer recommends those with Intel Macs use Apple's Rosetta technology to run the normal PowerPC Mac OS X version of Firefox. [16 Jan 2006]
Apple invites open source to Rendezvous
News It has also pledged to add the technology by early next year to iTunes, which will allow Mac owners to stream music files stored on other Macs on the same network. By releasing the code to the open-source community, Apple is hoping that the... [30 Aug 2002]
Macs versus PCs - the battle continues
News The case for Macs has been building for some time, according to Reginald W who cited Apple's switch to Intel chips, OS X's ability to run "Windows and Linux and Solaris and BSD and whatever else" and the increasing number of apps written for Macs... [18 Jul 2007]
Minority Report: XP on a Mac - a wise move?
Comment In a nutshell, Boot Camp allows users of Intel-powered Macs to boot Windows XP natively in place of the incumbent OS X operating system at start-up. Apple's announcement that Intel-powered Macs can now run Windows XP via a technology called Boot... [12 Apr 2006]
Wi-fi hijack risk for Macs
News A trio of security flaws in Apple software that runs wireless-networking hardware could allow Macs to be hijacked over wi-fi, Apple said on Thursday. In a statement released after Black Hat in August, Apple critiqued SecureWorks for saying Macs... [22 Sep 2006]
Apple plugs 31 holes in OS X
News The update also fixes four flaws in the Mac OS X Security Framework, the worst of which could crash Macs or display expired security certificates as still valid, Apple said. The security hole in the AirPort driver software affects Macs that shipped... [29 Nov 2006]
Macs 'inherently more secure', say Mac users
News Mac users have reacted angrily to yesterday's leader article on silicon.com which questioned whether the Mac operating system is perceived as being more secure simply because Macs are less popular, and therefore represent a less attractive target... [07 Jul 2006]
Microsoft cuts Office price on new US Macs
News Beginning today, buyers of new Macs can pick up the full version of Office v. Still, the bundle deal could help achieve some equilibrium between the cost associated with getting the Office suite on Macs compared with PCs. [01 Oct 2002]
